Plants key to eating local, sustainably: researchers (National Observer)

National Observer (Canada) published an article stating that findings from Mapping U.S. food system localization potential: The impact of diet on foodsheds, a study by various researchers including research analyst Julie Kurtz showed that eating more plants is the key to eating local and sustainably, according to a recent study modelling how more than 350 major U.S. cities could feed themselves. Kurtz said, “Until recently, however, no one knew if it was actually possible to feed everyone in dense urban centers locally — or how to do it. There have been a number of urban centers that have done this kind of study. But the real question is: What happens when you put that on a continental scale, and you have competition between these different cities?”